Another wonderful paddling session on Windermere.

  What an amazing site greeted paddlers as they approached Windermere. A large part of Windermere was buried in mist while blue skies and bright sunshine shone over it. The sun soon cleared the mist to reveal a mirror calm lake. The boat was quickly on the water and Roz helmed Artemis Phyllis across Windermere ... More

A challenging coaching session with Keni and a special birthday!

Keni practiced some of her newly acquired coaching techniques on paddlers at Windermere. They had to work hard but were rewarded by improved technique and power. They certainly earned their chocolate treat as Jane celebrated a special birthday. More

A gorgeous sunny calm day on Windermere at last.

Windermere was as gorgeous as it ever is today with dead calm water and beautiful sunshine. We had two visitors new to paddling. One came to visit from London having seen Paddlers for Life in the Queen's Jubilee Flotilla. Our other visitor is interested in trying her hand at helming. Two wonderful paddling sessions ... More

Dotting the Eyes, Artemis Phyllis

Sylvia Emmott visited to 'Dot the Eyes' of Artemis Phyllis. This is Paddlers for Life's new boat bought from the proceeds of the fantastic fund-raising by Sylvia last year as leader of South Lakeland District Council. Paddlers for Life members welcomed Sylvia as they re-enacted the traditions of Dragon ... More

Jenny Yule, of the International Breast Cancer Paddlers’ Commission also visited and paddled today.

Jenny is visiting and travelling in the UK and again called in on Paddlers for Life, Windermere taking the opportunity to meet with Louisa and take the opportunity to paddle with us on this lovely day. They are both members of the Steering Committee of the IBCPC. More

Community Heroes.

Following a General Meeting in the morning Paddlers returned to  Low Wood to find bright sunshine ready for an afternoon paddle. Just perfect for the two visitors, Sarah and Ed, who came to try Dragon Boat paddling. (And very well they did too!)  Chris and Roz helmed the crew through some training routines and race ... More

More helm training.

Windermere was calm and the weather warm as Peter took a group of practised paddlers through a variety of training drills and exercises. Peter has also been busy training helms with the Wigan Paddlers for Life group. Among the training helms is Richard from the Manchester Paddlers for Life group who came to Winder... More

Another helm has finished training.

Another helm has finished training. A full boat of paddlers took Artemis Phyllis around Low Wood Bay and down towards Brockhole as Don from Wigan Water Dragons visited Paddlers for Life, Windermere, to complete his helm training. A crew of finely honed paddlers helped him complete his helm training successfully as ... More

Dr. Don McKenzie’s email

Dr. Don McKenzie responded to an email from Louisa and Sue thanking him for his contribution to the conference in London during the Flotilla weekend. "It was a real pleasure to paddle down the Thames with you; that was definitely the highlight of my paddling career. Thank you for the opportunity to do that and for ... More

Aly completesher helm training with style.

On a day that started with beautiful calm water and warm sunshine then ended with a torrential shower Aly completed her helm training with style. What a star. More